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Brian Dumoulin

#2 · Defenseman · Los Angeles Kings

Shoots left · 35 years old

GamesGPGoalsGAssistsAPointsPShotsSOGIce timeTOI
This season3101315:18
Last season82215176117:45

Role

Where he fits on Los Angeles right now.

Line

P2 with D. Doughty · 8:28 a game together

Power play

Not on either unit

Penalty kill

Second wave 7 of 10 kills · 0:52 a kill · starts only 2

Ice time

15:18 a game, 6th-most among Los Angeles defensemen · 13:09 5-on-5 · 2:02 PK

Competition

Easier opponents than 73% of defensemen · home 75%, road 71%

Tougher opponents than 80% of defensemen

Where he stands out

What he does better or worse than most players at his position.

Better than most at his position

  • Staying out of the box

    0.46 penalties taken /60better than 82% of defensemen

Behind most at his position

  • Distance skated

    8.03 miles /60less far than 93% of defensemen

  • Fast bursts

    0.7 bursts /60less often than 91% of defensemen

  • Drawing penalties

    0.29 penalties drawn /60behind 88% of defensemen

  • Creating his own chances

    0.13 expected goals /60behind 85% of defensemen

Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season and last, through Oct 10. Compared with defensemen who have played at least 20 games over the two seasons.

Better than most at his position

  • Fast bursts

    3.9 bursts /60more often than 87% of defensemen

Behind most at his position

Nothing yet where we can be confident he is below most defensemen.

Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season, through Oct 10. Compared with defensemen who have played at least 3 games.

All ratings

Every rating, against other defensemen.

Brian DumoulinAverage defensemanLikely range

This season’s 3 games blended with last season’s 82, and pulled toward the average defenseman by an amount that depends on how quickly each rating settles.

This season’s 3 games only, pulled toward the average defenseman. Expect wide ranges this early.

Driving play at 5-on-5

  • Creating chances
    Along for the rideDrives play

    −0.13 expected goals /60bottom 21%

    −0.00 expected goals /60top 42%

  • Preventing chances
    Chances against riseShuts it down

    −0.06 expected goals against /60top 37%

    +0.06 expected goals against /60bottom 22%

Scoring

  • Shooting volume
    Rarely shootsFires away

    7.4 shot attempts /60bottom 16%

    9.0 shot attempts /60average

  • Creating his own chances
    Few chancesDangerous

    0.13 expected goals /60bottom 15%

    0.19 expected goals /60top 44%

  • Finishing
    Below expectedSniper

    +0.1 goals above expected /100 shotsaverage

    +0.3 goals above expected /100 shotstop 28%

  • Setting up goals
    Rarely sets upPlaymaker

    0.32 first assists /60average

    0.33 first assists /60average

Special teams

  • Power-play chances
    QuietThreat

    0.63 expected goals /60too few games

    0.73 expected goals /60too few games

  • Shorthanded threat
    Pure defensePower kill

    0.96 expected goals for /60top 16%

    0.90 expected goals for /60top 40%

Physical and puck

  • Hitting
    Avoids contactPhysical

    hitting score 68bottom 44%1.52 hits /60bottom 28%

    hitting score 90top 42%2.61 hits /60average

  • Shot blocking
    Rarely blocksShot blocker

    blocking score 82bottom 24%3.64 blocks /60bottom 33%

    blocking score 93bottom 41%2.61 blocks /60bottom 4%

  • Takeaways
    RarePuck thief

    takeaway score 110top 32%0.88 takeaways /60top 41%

    takeaway score 104top 39%1.31 takeaways /60top 6%

Penalties and faceoffs

  • Drawing penalties
    RarelyDraws calls

    0.29 penalties drawn /60bottom 12%

    0.42 penalties drawn /60bottom 44%

  • Staying out of the box
    Often penalizedClean

    0.46 penalties taken /60top 18%

    0.62 penalties taken /60top 43%

Hitting, shot blocking and takeaways are arena-adjusted scores (100 is the average defenseman); switch “Hits and takeaways” to Raw in the settings to see the numbers as recorded. How the ratings work.

Shots

Where his shots come from, and how his misses miss.

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106 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 7 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.

121

4 unblocked shots, this season, from his point of view. Empty nets left out.

How his misses miss

  • Wide left17
  • Wide right15
  • Over the net5
  • Off the post or crossbar2
  • Short or other3

42 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.

  • Wide left1
  • Wide right0
  • Over the net0
  • Off the post or crossbar0
  • Short or other0

1 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.

The NHL’s game data records how a shot missed, but not where in the net a goal or save went (glove side, blocker, five-hole). That needs paid camera tracking, so we don’t show it.

Skating and shot

Speed, bursts, shot power and where he spends his shifts, from the NHL’s own tracking (NHL EDGE).

  • Top speed
    SlowerBurner

    21.9 mphbottom 40%

    20.5 mphbottom 42%

  • Fast bursts
    RareFrequent

    0.7 bursts /60bottom 9%

    3.9 bursts /60top 13%

  • Hardest shot
    SofterCannon

    87.5 mphbottom 18%

    78.6 mphbottom 20%

  • Distance skated
    ShorterCovers ground

    8.03 miles /60bottom 7%

    8.32 miles /60bottom 32%

  • Time in the offensive zone
    DefendingAttacking

    41.6% of his timebottom 37%

    40.3% of his timebottom 30%

Top speed and hardest shot are his best single moments over this season and lastthis season; bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of his ice time. Tracking data: NHL EDGE.